LRO: Mapping our Future
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is the first mission in NASA's planned return to the moon. LRO is an unmanned mission to create the comprehensive atlas of the moon's features and resources necessary to design all future lunar exploration efforts. LRO focuses on the selection of safe landing sites, identification of lunar resources and the study of how lunar radiation will affect humans. credit: NASARelated Videos
- Peeling Back the Martian Ice
- How to Take a Picture of a Spacecraft Landing
- The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Resources
- LRO: Mapping our Future
- LRO: The Next Step
- Liftoff! LRO, LCROSS Head to the Moon
- LRO/LCROSS Behind the Scenes
- LRO Lunar Flyover
- Mapping Our Future With LRO
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